The telegraph was invented to transmit information to others. So in some cases it could be an earlier lead on the telephone. A non- electric telegraph was first invented in 1794 by Claude Chappe. This was a non-perfect machine that did not work as well as electric telegraph. Joseph Henry made a good electric telegraph that incorporated electricity but was not the greatest telegraph yet. The best telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse and was probably one of the best telegraphs for the time he proved the signals could be transmitted by wire. Because they could not transmitted voices through the telegraph dots and dashes were organized. Dot symbolized short beeps on the telegraph, dashes symbolized longer beeps. “What hath God wrought” was one of the first phrases used on the telegraph used by Morse. He used this phrase to contact his assistant and it worked. In 1881 the Postal telegraph system was invent but in n1943 it combined with the western union. In its peak the telegraph was used all over the United States. The system of dots and dashes was named after the inventor Samuel Morse, it was called Morse code.
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